Customer Reviews
Very dense roots. These store very well and retain potency. Aromatic and potent. You must use specialized equipment to process it into powder, which should be used immediately. I use a stainless steel grater from Japan (Yoshikawa) to make a very fine powder, which I chase with some sips of my herbal tea. I take small amounts throughout the day, each time grating for about a minute. Nubs can be grated down to less than 2g, and then those remaining small pieces can be decocted (dosage would need to be higher, compared to powder). There may be other ways to process this herb, but wanted to share what works for me.
Superb!
The nodules are very solid and must be crushed and ground to achieve their full extraction. Very good quality and potent.
Hard as stone
I am very, very pleased by the unusually high quality of the Tian Qi I purchased from Plum Dragon.
The radices were tight, hard, and compact, had the very firm, tough woody exterior, but by scent alone I could tell that it was dried and cured to perfection, and was not old stock that's been sitting around forever.
I cut some of it up. The consistency I expected was there, and the scent became very noticeable when I cut into it-- another sign that your herb is 100% good to go.
Finally, I sampled its flavor. It had that peculiar, sour-but-not-too-sour "sweetish" flavor going for it, along with a sort of bitter "afterbite", which is, IME, yet another sign of the perfect medicinal product.
I have studied and worked with Chinese herbal preparations and other traditional Chinese medicinal practices since the late 1980's. I have dealt with a multitude of vendors and apothecaries over the years.
All I can tell you now is this: I'll never wonder who I'll buy my Tian Qi from, ever again. What I got from Plum Dragon Herbs was a Class A product.
You add to this prompt, courteous, and professional customer service, and folks: that's about as good as it gets.
Well done, Plum Dragon!
--Robert D. Gregg